Cameron Diaz Talks To Cosmopolitan UK: ‘Sex Is The Key To A Healthy Life'

Cameron Diaz might not have had the best year professionally, but in terms of her personal life it was grand. Diaz married rocker boyfriend Benji Madden, and not only is she head over heels, but the actress is staying healthy by combining eating well, exercising, and of course, having sex with her man. “It’s something healthy that we need to be doing for many different reasons,” the “Annie” star told Cosmopolitan UK in its April issue. Diaz sustains sex is one of the reasons she’s so fit at 42.

Of course, she insists exercise is also a key part of being healthy and advices readers to not listen to their minds when they don’t want to exercise, “People say, ‘My body rejects exercise.’ No, it doesn’t. Your mind rejects exercise.” Diaz also says once you start doing it and are truly committed, your body will need it: “You have to just do it. Once you commit and really put in the effort, your body goes, ‘Oh, it’s not OK to be without this.’”

Another contributing factor to the actress’s health is staying away from the craziness that is social media to keep her mind at ease: “I think social media is a crazy-ass experiment on society. The way people use it to get validation from a bunch of strangers is dangerous. What's the point?"